Pierre Charvet
| Pierre Charvet | |
|---|---|
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| Born | January 18, 1968 Montpellier |
| 🏫 Education | Ircam |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Manhattan School of Music |
| 💼 Occupation | Composer |
| 🏢 Organization | Radio France |
Pierre Charvet (born January 18, 1968) is a French composer, author, TV and radio personality.[1]
Biography
He was born in Montpellier, France and began his musical studies at the age of six. He was raised by French poet Frédéric Jacques Temple[2]. He graduated from Manhattan School of Music in New York, where he received the 1991 Jon Woolley award in recognition of outstanding accomplishment in composition. The same year, at the age of 23, he entered IRCAM, the Pierre Boulez Institut in Paris. In 1994 he joined Manhattan School of Music as professor of composition and director of the electronic music studio.
His CD L’Invitation au voyage, released by Universal Classics in 2002, won an award at the Grand Prix des compositeurs de la Lettre du Musicien. His numerous commissions have been performed in concert, as well as radio and television broadcasts. Pierre Charvet composes mainly for traditional instruments, but his music also uses extensive new technologies.
Pierre Charvet is also known for his TV and radio shows about music. He wrote and hosted Presto !, a show about classical music, aired on French National Television France 2. For three years, Presto ! attracted 4 million viewers every week. He also wrote and hosted a daily national radio show, Le mot du jour for France Musique, highest-rated show of the station, as well as other shows such as Du côté de chez Pierre and Le Grand Caléidophone. From 2008 to 2015 he hosted family concerts at the Salle Pleyel, Cité de la Musique and Philharmonie de Paris. He published two books.
After being program director of France Musique[3] from 2014 to 2019, he’s currently director of Radio France Présences Festival.
Selected works
- And it was done, for flute and electronics, 2008
- Come away, for chromatic balafon chromatique and electronics, 2008
- Regardez-Le !, for orchestra and electronics, commissioned by Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth, 2006
- And Death, for solo viola and electronics, commissioned by GRM, 2005
- Copla, for string orchestra and electronics, commissioned by Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth, 2004
- L'Ombre de la lune, on a poem by Frédéric Jacques Temple, for voice and electronic, 2001
- Neuf Études aux deux mondes, for piano and electronic, 2000
- L'Invitation au voyage, for 3 voices and electronics, 1995
- Brandenburg, for solo violin and electronics, 1995
- Qohelet, for mezzo-soprano, percussion and electronics, commissioned by IRCAM,1992
- The Same Spot (Not I), for mezzo-soprano and electronics, 1991
- Villa Marguerite II, on a poem by Frédéric Jacques Temple, for 4 singers, 4 saxophones, 2 keyboards and 3 percussions, 1991
- Manhattan, for tape, 1988
- Über dieser Fuge, for voice and tape, 1987
- Sextuor, for strings and percussions, 1986
Television
(Host and writer)
- Presto !, weekly show on France 2, 2007-2011
- La Musique de Maître Pierre, a documentary series, Mezzo TV, 2004
- Simple comme musique, documentary series 6 × 26 min, France 5, 2003
Radio
(Host and writer)
- Le mot du jour, daily show on France Musique, 2008-2011
- Du côté de chez Pierre, daily show on France Musique, 2011-2013[4]
- Le Grand Caléidophone, weekly show on France Musique, 2013-2014[5]
Discography
- L'Invitation au voyage, avec Michael Abramovich, Roland Auzet, Julie Hassler, Billie Lee Hart, Els Janssen, Béatrice Mayo-Felip, Armelle Orieux, Jacques Prat, 2002, Universal Classics France 472 515-2
Books
- Comment parler de musique aux enfants[6], Adam Biro
- Conversation avec Philippe Caubère, L’Insolite
References
- ↑ Portrait and interview on Radio France website.
- ↑ Frédéric Jacques Temple, La Chasse infinie et autres poèmes, Gallimard, page 292. ISBN 2072880467
- ↑ https://www.francemusique.fr/personne/pierre-charvet
- ↑ Du côté de chez Pierre on France Musique website.
- ↑ Le Grand Caléidophone on France Musique website.
- ↑ « Le premier livre sur la musique classique expliquée aux enfants, destiné aux adultes ».
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